Moss v. Director

It is my opinion that the Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction to review the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals.

Edward Arnold Moss was found to be a defective delinquent by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. The court thereupon ordered Moss to be confined in Patuxent Institution as a defective delinquent for an indeterminate period. Moss applied for leave to appeal from that order to the Court of Special Appeals. The application was granted. The case was transferred to the appeal docket, briefs were filed, and argument heard. The order of the lower court was…